The acting skill of the player is not a quarter as good as his professional brothers.

那位演员的演技远远不如他的师兄弟们。

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The lawyer replied, "I'm right on time. I said I'd be home by a quarter of twelve, not a quarter to twelve".

律师回答说：“时间没错啊，我说过我会在十二的四分之一点回家，不是十二点差一刻回家。”

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The introduction of new screen formats was put off for a quarter century, and color, though utilized over the next two decades for special productions, also did not become a norm until the 1950s.

新屏幕格式的引入被推迟了四分之一个世纪，而颜色尽管在接下来的二十年里被用于特制产品，它也是直到二十世纪五十年代才成为一种常态。

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Government officials still have not declared the recession officially over, but the GDP report marks the second quarter of expansion after a record four quarters of decline.

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It was over here. Because the square root of a quarter is not smaller than a quarter it's bigger than a quarter. Right?

答案超出了这个区间,因为0。25的平方根会比0。25大,是应该比0。25大对不对？

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so it's gonna have some impact on the third quarter, maybe leaking in the fourth quarter Um, I haven't looked at the details I might not get a check If I did, I just take in the check and go and say that we wouldn't spend it.

该计划产生的影响,或许要到第三季度才有所体现，当然也许会蔓延至第四季度,嗯，我个人也还没有深入研究,我也许并会去领支票,即使领了，我也只是拿到后离开,然后说，我们才不会花掉呢。

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Again, sophisticated people ought to know better: The comparisons that matter are the year over years, not a holiday quarter into a post-holiday one.

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She uses tack needles--not quite a quarter-inch long--for fine lines, and removes them with tweezers.

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He said working in the oil industry was "not even a quarter" as pressured as being a parish priest.

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